The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-28
AN ELOPING PARSON CAUGHT
PASTOR SEYMOUR TOOK EDITOR
HENRY'S WIFE TO EUROPE

PASTOR SEYMOUR TOOK EDITOR
HENRY's WIFE TO EUROPE
| Husband and Brother. Pursue Then-Ths
! Parsen Arrested on tho Adriatie Upon
| their Return to New York-Ths Charge
10 Larceny. aud he Will Fight.
The Rev. David Seymour, pastor Of the
Methodist Church at GAINESVILLE. Waseca coun-
ty, Mimi, described to the police as u man with
q mole on the side Of his nose. and Mrs. John
A. Horny, wife of the editor Of the GAINESVILLE
Argus, the leading paner OF Wasecs county.
OF whom the police description ungallantly re-
| corded that she 10 red headed. arrived in this
| city on Friday evening as steerage passengers
on the White Star liner Adriatic Dominic
| geymour and Mrs. Henry have been taking .
vacation this month, and their trip has been
long one. but was nearly completed. and but
! for circumstances over which they had no
control. including Q detective with warrant
and o suspicious husband. they would BY to-
morrow have settled down again in their
Wasecs homes attending placidly to their re-
speotive duties OF guarding the Methodist
flock and editing the home Of the Argus man.
As It is, the preacher is in cell In Jefferson
Market Jail and Mrs. Henry is in the custody OF
| y brother and awaiting the arrival of a husband
| who has been chasing her across half conti-
nsnt and one sea.
The kew. MIR. Seymour is in appearance the
ideal OF a young Western circuit riding
preacher. The mole on his nose Is less con-
epicuous than the fash Of his dark eyes and
the wavo Of his heavy black hair. Passion
would cit we'll upon his dark face. He is "a.
and has preached for seven years in Illinois
fall With his wife and Ave children, and then
flrst became aeauaintsd with Mrs; Mrs. Henry.
n a
husband is wei! A short time ago there
was discussion In the Rey. Mr. Sevmour's
had not stolen $3.50 OF tile church funds Mrs.
Henry took the side Of the pastor. y
clergyman started on his vacation, going to q
town 100 miles west OF GAINESVILLE. At noon OF
ans Se shs Was
her sister In Chicago, 100 miles east OF James
VILE In about the time 1t took a fast express
seymour and Mrs. Henry were starting on
Went BY way Of Montreal to Boston, where they
For week Editor Henry and Mrs: Seymour
Iniornsiion which caused him e telegraph 70
bag. and Editor Henry and two brothers Of his
own detective work. and traced the couple TO
the steamer.
He and 05 Fss other to ENGLAND
mained on our own. Al iantie coast to catch
them Il they came back. seymour and Nrf.
cyostdaie. eiihef deyeIoped an Ipcompa,!ib!Iity
Of TEMPER. or aid not find the climate Of Eng;
~ visiting az rel. reatves in that COUNTRY
they took The first steamer back from !, LIVER yer
IN hs
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Byrnes 3as noea to nam
Woman WS Ds would arrive aSes the Adrsi
De- ectiyes Kush and Perazzo. with the
resent the State OF Minnesota were al the dock
foot OF West Tenth street when the Adriatic
sysd sp E1a evening" iesazo went On
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Wits. 0 Ied hsir = the rss st thing xas
he saw, and he very nearly lost his game in
He Thought she was the one he wanted until
alisht-haired Young man With no mole on his
and found another red headed woman. whom
r. ii ss pose walked up and talked to her
The mans eyes bulged out as he turned and
II IN detective: you'll have to come with
"Bgqt l must look after my wife, .,w
said tbs detective; and So after some protests,
| the captured pRrsOn consented to go along.
The detective hurried him OF the ship and to
jail. fractprinG without compunction the
senger except at Castle Garden.
Mrs. Henry remained on the vessel over
Seymour was arraisned at Jefferson Market
YESTERDAY apd charge OF the Of
| hin, He ramaudad n await the arrival nf
NJ no is Il the @ bDs
| evidence. which Is immaterial In the charge OF
larceny. OF Seymour's relations with two other
Mrs. Henry told the detectives tina, she ex-
pectedt to be left to shift for herself when they
n this city W wa sa
eooked.up charge Intended t. hold me until
charge to to- sus!ain whieh they viii have to 10
that as the minister received the money CON
tributed for missions. 1t amounts to less than
sG IN 9 &c
and s will t%p d HSe nn then fran
country q our own WIN, ana wore going to
going to get some kind Of work and support
| my WIG anu Cnlluren. We never lntenueu 10
stay away or live together all the time. 1t was
only an excursion trip There had been some
gossip, about us in the town before we went
away, but nothing serious that know Of.
THE limitations about my having been In
trouble over other women are absolutely I'M
true. / never heard OF such thing until to-
day. No such charge was ever made against
The only real feeling the clergyman mani
tested was when he EXPRESSED anxiety as to
| what Mrs. Henry would think OF these charges
| about other women. He complai med that the
detectives had promised to give him a chance
| to SEQ her yesterday morning. hut had not
| done 80. He said he should refuse to 20 back
| without reauisition, and he didn't think they
| could get q requisition.
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